Judges 18:6

Translations

Modern

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

Traditional

And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.

Literal

And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. Before YHWH is your way in which you are going.”

Latin

Qui respondit eis: Ite in pace: Dominus respicit viam vestram, et iter quo pergitis.

Original

Hebrew

English

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

Notes

Judges 18:5–6

The Lord had promised Dan land in the southwest, but they had not taken it (see Judges 1:34; Joshua 19:40–48). Now they sought God's blessing from a hired priest. This priest's "blessing," like Micah's mother's (Judges 17:2), sounded religious but had no basis in Israel's covenant with the Lord.

Judges 18:1–31

The migration of the Danites (compare Joshua 19:40–48) shows the tribe's failure to follow God's covenant and reflects Israel's decline. Micah's personal heresy (Judges 17:4–5) grew into the apostasy of the entire tribe (18:30–31). The initial covenant failure (Judges 17:19–36) led to social breakdown during the time of Jephthah and Samson (Judges 11–16). Eventually, law and order gave way to banditry and pillaging (Judges 18:27–28).

Judges 17:1–21:25

These two epilogues (Judges 17–18 and 19–21) show that inspired but unstructured leadership cannot last. As society moved toward chaos and civil war, the phrase, In those days there was no king in Israel appears four times. The phrase, everyone did what was right in his own eyes is added twice (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25). The era of inspired leadership declined and ended in disorder. Something important was missing.

Theme notes and profiles

Social Chaos in Judges

Related verses

1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Psalm 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Deuteronomy 11:12
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
1 Kings 22:15
When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
Jeremiah 23:32
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
1 Kings 22:12
And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Jeremiah 23:21–22
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

Glossary

Allotment of the Land Eshtaol Idols, Idolatry Jeroboam Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Micah (Person) Priests and Levites Travel Tribe of Dan Zorah, Zorathite

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks of Laish Jonathan: A Levite of Bethlehem, Who Becomes a Priest for Micah Reconnoissance: Laish

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